State GOP Lawmaker In Gay Sex Scandal

WASHINGTON (CNN) – It has been a truly scandalous few months for the GOP — for the third time in three months a Republican lawmaker is accused of soliciting sex with another man.

This time it's Washington State Rep. Richard Curtis — whose “I’m not gay” defense sounds a lot like Florida State Rep. Bob Allen's and Idaho Senator Larry Craig's.


Curtis told the Columbian newspaper in Spokane that he did not have sex with the man.

But the Spokane police department tell CNN a different story.


They say that on October 26, Curtis, dressed in women's lingerie, is alleged to have approached a young man in the "Hollywood Erotic Boutique."

The rest of the story is contained in a graphic 50 page police document. The young man alleges Curtis offered him $1,000 for unprotected sex at a nearby hotel.

And he says, "At the conclusion of the sexual activities, Curtis fell asleep."


The police report says the man, Cody Castagna, then took Curtis’ wallet — in order to extort money from the representative — and "threatened to publicly expose Richard Curtis' gay lifestyle to his wife."

At that point, police say Curtis called on an officer to investigate, hoping the incident would go away once police nabbed a suspect for taking his wallet.

Instead the media got wind of the case and found Curtis' alleged sex partner—who went public with his attorney.

"He gave me his wallet…as collateral for what he promised me" said Castagna.


It's a particularly ugly drama unfolding around another conservative Republican lawmaker. Like Florida State Rep. Bob Allen, who has pled not guilty to a charge of soliciting gay sex in July and Sen. Larry Craig, who is trying to withdraw his guilty plea on a charge of disorderly conduct in a restroom at Minneapolis Airport.

Curtis is married with children — and votes conservatively. He has voted against a domestic partnership bill, and a bill that would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation.


On Wednesday he announced he was resigning his seat and said in a statement: “Events that have recently come to light have hurt a lot of people. I sincerely apologize for any pain my actions may have caused.

“This has been damaging to my family, and I don't want to subject them to any additional pain that might result from carrying out this matter under the scrutiny that comes with holding public office.”

The Spokane County prosecutor is considering whether to bring a charge of extortion against Castagna.

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I know that some are going to say "at least he apologized" and that's true.However..it is becoming more and more aparent that the GOP has a problem with sexual "repression" and continuity of values..

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It has been a truly scandalous few months for the GOP — for the third time in three months a Republican lawmaker is accused of soliciting sex with another man.This leads me to think there is a "problem" with da message! They vote against protecting gay rights yet partake in the act themselves. Certainly this is not true of all GOP legislators but sompin is not right wid da message that some are sending! Who's next in this scandal of the month club?...

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you can't keep the GOP away from sleazy sexual encounters, can you?

It's evident in a variety of ways.
When a teen-ager takes an "abstinence pledge", the likelihood of an STD is basically the same, but the involvement in anal and oral sex is a lot larger.
When you preach a fully rounded message (including abstinence), as opposed to just "abstinence", you get better results (regarding teen pregnancy).

And on this issue, I think it boils down to people who want to deny their human nature in the most absurd denial practice possible.

If an alcoholic wants to stop drinking, he doesn't begin the process by saying "I am not an alcoholic".
(And people please don't bore me with questions or insinuations like I am trying to say being gay is like being an alcoholic. That's not the point of the analogy.)

If a person wants to eliminate sexual desire, it isn't feasibly done by ignoring it, just claiming he is not gay, and pretending nothing is going on as he is sucking another man's dick.

I don't know about you guys, but I am getting pretty tired of hearing about the sexual exploits of politicians.

Who's next? I'd LOVE to see it be Rick Santorum--former PA Senator--LOL. I don't think that would happen though. I think he's honestly got his own head (as apposed to another man's) up his ass.

I respect your post and I rarely disagree with you. I DID quit smoking by realizing that deep down I'm NOT a smoker--among other therapies, but that is the one that got me through the mental part of it. At every trigger I told myself "I don't do this now." I had physical help also and almost 6 years later I'm still smoke free. I very much disagree with the AA position that a person has to label themself in order to get better, among the rest of their how many steps. I find them dogmatic. For me personally ANY kind of dogma or doctrine will not work. (LOL--sorry--I'm WAY to Irish and WAY too much my mother's daughter for that.)

And for that reason I completely love your "fully rounded" comment! You can't expect teenagers to believe half-truths and lies. They talk to each other, after all.

I also completely agree that honesty is the only way to go! Especially with teenagers. Their hormones have been flaring for years and they're about to burst--we need to tell them early on how to deal with that. They deserve our knowledge and our honesty! NOT our bias. It's our own problem if we're uncomfortable with that. That means we haven't been good teachers as parents.

These people caught in these posistions are buried in their own self hatred.

Is it normal to point to the hypocrisy and say GOTCHA? Absolutely!!!

At the same time, it points to a much bigger problem in our society that needs to be remedied. Each of these people is a product of their upbringing, and is caught in a self-destructive loop. The actions that they have taken to deny the rights of gay people is a reflection of how they feel about themselves.

There comes a point where Republican and Democrat don't mean anything... That point is where HUMAN is the key. Yes, I do feel a certain satisfaction when an a person that goes against my existence is cut down to size, but is this really what we want to BE as a people? Do we really want to thrive on that as the society does now? As long as people buy newspapers because they want to read about scandal this travesty will continue.

I must be in a bit of a mood tonight, but the only thing that I really want at this moment is for people to learn to respect another's right to BE. It just seems to me that this should not be this ridiculously hard.


okay... I'm being nebulous so I'll stop now... I'll try to make more sense in another post. :

Your post made perfect sense to me Sis. But then again, perhaps it's because I've been thinking the same thing myself recently.

I've slowly come to the conclusion, there's a large majority of people that rather then being informed, they'd rather be entertained by smoke, mirrors, and scandal.